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Recent scientific evidence about the brain and its development provide compelling grounds for turning down TopTV’s application to broadcast pornography in South Africa, says Doctors For Life (DFL). DFL’s scientific objections to porn on television are spelled out in a written submission to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa […]
Deadline extended to Monday, January 21 People have been submitting written comments about TopTV’s latest porn channel plans but they have not been following the correct procedure, says the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) in a media release published today. The correct procedure is spelled out in the […]
Few days left for public to comment TopTV is at it again: attempting to launch porn channels a year after its first bid failed. And Christian family values organisation, Family Policy Institute (FPI) has called on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to deny TopTV’s latest application, saying […]
e.tv complies with advertising code regulations and takes internationally accepted measures to ensure that children are protected from harmful content, says e.tv channel head, Monde Twala. He says this in an email sent today in response to questions asked by Gateway News following yesterday’s Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa […]
An increase in complaints about sms porn commercials on e.tv has prompted the South African advertising regulator to advise the public how to make “meaningful” complaints. The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) says that in terms of its mandate it can only react to public complaints about advertising […]
Red Bull breached the code of advertising practice by flighting a television advertisement that deliberately portrayed Jesus Christ in a disrepectful and offensive way, said the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa. In its ruling against the energy drink company, ASA rejected its argument that the ad was just a […]
A Red Bull TV advert in which a “bored” cartoon Jesus “walks on water” has been removed after one day after it sparked a flurry of complaints from people who found it blasphemous. In an official response email received by Gateway News this evening, Red Bull says the ad, which […]
Women’s rights to equality and dignity are more important than TopTV’s rights to freedom of expression, or viewers’ rights to watch pornography at home, says the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) in a long-awaited explanation of its decision to block the broadcaster’s plans to launch three porn channels. In […]
New TopTV boss Eddie Mbalo says the pay TV service “made some mistakes” but apparently he does not think it was a mistake to try and launch a porn package. The “mistakes”, it seems, are to do with non-delivery on content and service. But in an interview with TV writer […]
TopTV CEO Vino Govender is getting axed because of his misguided porn plans and slow growth in subscriber numbers, reports TV writer Thinus Ferreira. Govender outraged South Africans in early December when he backtracked on a 2010 pledge that TopTV would adhere to Christian family values and would not broadcast […]